Ludmila Wiszczor

Programme Management Officer

Division for Europe

Department of Technical Cooperation

IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme:

A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR:

“DELIVERING RESULTS FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT”

TC Programme: Strategic Objective

•Promote tangible socio-economic impact

•Direct and cost-effective contribution

•Achieve major sustainable development priorities of each country/region

TC areas of work

• Human Health• Food and Agriculture• Water Management• Environment• Industry• Nuclear Energy• Safety and Security

TC project typesNational

Infrastructure building

Address country’s specific needs

About 60-65% of the programme

RegionalNetworking and experience sharing

Address issues of common interest and issues of regional dimension

InterregionalNetworking and experience sharing

Address issues of common interest to the four regions

TCF Programme for 2018-2019 for the Europe region

• 115 new TCEU projects:

• 86 national• 32 regional

TC project stakeholders

Member StateNational institutions

MinistriesNuclear authority

SecretariatOLA

SafeguardsTechnical Depts

Dept of TC

Donors and international

financial institutions

UNDP, other multilateral

organizations

Partner institutions in other Member

States

Beneficiaries and end

users

TC Programme Cycle Management

PROGRAMME PLANNING & APPROVAL

1. Upstream work2. Concepts & Prioritization3. Project design4. Resourcing & budgeting5. Internal Approval6. Approval by TACC/Board

PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

1. Operational execution2. Monitor progress 3. Make adjustments4. Report performance / Self Assessment5. Project closure

PROGRAMME REVIEW1. Independent

Evaluation2. Self Assessment3. Impact Assessment4. Follow-up

adjustments and implementation of recommendations

Capacity Building

• Training courses• Fellowships• Scientific Visits• Expert Missions

Procurement

• FTIR• Consumables

Relevant Areas of TC Assistance in Nutrition

1 TC Nutrition project in Europe

Regional project RER6034

• Applying nuclear techniques to design and evaluate interventions to prevent and control obesity in adolescents in South-Eastern Europe

• First TC nutrition project in the region• 2016-2019• 10 active Member States

• Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Portugal, Montenegro, FYR of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine

Complementing COSI

• WHO Europe: Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI)

• Measuring trends in overweight and obesity among school aged children

• RER6034 is adding more detailed information on body fatness in school aged children

• Deuterium dilution technique to assess body composition

Capacity building

• Laboratory capacity to assess body composition by deuterium dilution technique in 4 countries

• Training courses on deuterium dilution technique • in the field, in the laboratory and result interpretation

Way forward

• Collaboration within the region to address common public health challenges

• Applying the same technique in different population group

• Member States submitted a new project concept on sarcopenia (low muscle mass) in the elderly